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When Paul Mott decided to rip out the walls in a home at West 17 Road in Broad Channel, he never thought that he More ... Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer is reaching out to grandparents to ensure that they are aware of their rights under an act that became effective last January. More ... Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields and City Councilman Joseph Addabbo Jr. visited the Hammels Senior Center, 90-01 Rockaway Beach Boulevard, last Friday afternoon. Fields, seen here greeting participant Mary Seltzer, voiced her support for the Kerry/Edwards ticket and urged seniors to More ... Congratulations to the new Mayor of Roxbury, Johnny Mangan, who won with over seventy votes last Saturday beating Peter Morgan to be the new mayor of Roxbury for 2004. More ... The Friends of Rockaway (FOR), a local environmental group, is unhappy about the agenda that has been set for the upcoming Jamaica Bay Task Force meeting, which will be held on September 22 at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn. More ... The Electricians Joint Apprenticeships Committee of New York, IBEW Local 3, will open recruitment on September 13 for 500 apprentices. More ... Years Ago... 20 Community Board 14 Chairman Joel Gerstel dashed off a letter to Donald R. Manes, in which he accused the Queens Borough President of playing dirty pool concerning the future of the Arverne Urban Renewal Area. More ... Police removed a Pomeranian and mutt from an apparently abandoned home on Cross Bay Boulevard in Broad Channel last weekend. Neighbors, who helped keep the dogs alive and relatively healthy by feeding them through an open window, called police because the tenants of the home had not been seen for we More ... Many early writings on the community of Broad Channel, located in the middle of Jamaica Bay, refer to More ... The Graybeards, in conjunction with the New York Blood Center, will sponsor a blood drive on Sunday, September 12, 2004 from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The drive will be held in the gym at St. Francis de Sales School, located on Beach 129 Street in Belle Harbor. More ... Marine Corps Pfc. Jerry J. Boddentatum, son of Perla F. Tatum and Fred Bodden of Far Rockaway, was recently sent to the central Iraqi province of Northern Babil along with 2,000 other soldiers to ensure security and stability in the area. More ... Marshall Daniels, M.D., Director of Pathology at Peninsula Hospital Center since 1965, has been named an honoree of the 97 More ... Sarah Ann Brennan celebrated her first birthday on August 12, 2004. In attendance were her mom Lisa, dad Frank, grandma Joyce and cousin Amanda. More ... Christian Patrick Kogut was born on April 19, 2004 to parents Valerie and Patrick Kogut. Christian More ... The Matt Healey Memorial Family Picnic will be held on Saturday, September 25 at Bay 9 in Riis Park from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. Admission is $30 and includes food, soda, beer, rides, games and entertainment. 50/50 ticket, gift baskets and other prizes will be raffled off. More ... The Rockaway Development and Revitalization Corp. (RDRC), as a result of a grant from the Department of Small Business Services (DSBS), helped four businesses in the Far Rockaway shopping district improve the aesthetic appeal of their storefronts. More ... This Fall, the Rockaway Artists Alliance (RAA) will present ARTSPLASH 2004: A Month-long Multi-media Arts Event and FRAME: Art in the Period Between the 2nd and 3rd World Wars. More ... The Joint Apprenticeship Committee for the United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers, Local 8, will conduct recruitment on September 7 and March 1 for six apprentices. More ... Peninsula Hospital Center is pleased has named Simra E. Shein, M.D. as the new Acting Director of Surgery. Dr. Shein, a resident of the Rockaway community, has been affiliated with the Hospital Center since 1971 and assumed his new position as Acting Director of Surgery on August 30, 2004. More ... The Rockaway Music And Arts Council will host its 20th Annual Fall Festival at Jacob Riis Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 11 and 12. On Saturday, the festival will run from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., while on Sunday it will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival is free, as is parking at the Riis P More ... Department of Citywide Administrative Services Commissioner Martha K. Hirst and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly has announced that the Department of Citywide Administrative Services has extended the filing period for the Police Officer exam scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 23, 2004, an More ... Mary Dever Kelly and her twin sister, Sr. Peggy, are thankful to Kelly Brooke, Director of Riis Park Golf Course for improved grounds and the new flowers. Their golf game has been greatly enhanced. More ... Contributing Editor Pastor Jaime Robinson, of the Faith In Action Ministry (Ministerio Fe En Accion) in Jamaica, had an idea a few years ago. The Rockaway resident wanted to start a marching band with the children from his church. Three months ago, that dream became a reality when the Far Rockawa More ... Rockaway needs little in the way of publicity in selling homes on the peninsula. The building boom now in progress is overwhelming after years of poor publicity and declining home prices. More ... People with and without disabilities are invited to a Disability Awareness Mass, to be held at St. Gertrude Church on Saturday, September 25 at 4 p.m. More ... The New York City Department of Health has began a new public education campaign promoting Take Care New York, the City More ... Davy Jones, The Buckinghams, The Grass Roots starring Rob Grill, and The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie will appear at Westbury Music Fair on Saturday, September 11 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 and are available at Westbury Music Fair More ... The large crowd that attended the Westbury Music Fair on Saturday night was definitely not on the young side. The average age of the concertgoers appeared to be somewhere between 50 and 70 More ... The Queens Borough Public Library will present a two-session workshop in September at its Seaside Branch on The Art of Cartooning with Robert Sarnoff, the editorial cartoonist for the city More ... Kenneth Beecher, 100 Precinct Community Affairs Officer, borrowed a skateboard and helmet and showed off his skills. More ... The triangle of land on Beach Channel Drive and Beach 116 Street that is slated to one day become Tribute Park in memory of those Rockaway residents who died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 was cleaned recently, but it is clear that it will not be ready once a More ... |
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